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CHINA’S ACTUAL EEZ. This map created by the website MarineRegions.org and released on X (formerly Twitter) shows the extent of China’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in contrast to its claimed erstwhile nine-dash line, which was invalidated by a United Nations arbitral court in a case filed and won by the …

Existing vaccines against COVID-19 are effective against the new Omicron subvariant JN.1, the Department of Health said on Monday. “We have yet to receive evidence that the vaccines we received, even the new vaccines available in other countries, do not offer protection,” Health Undersecretary Eric Tayag said in a television …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President Marcos has ordered national government agencies to analyze and identify functions that should be devolved to local government units (LGUs). During a recent meeting at Malacañang, the President underscored the importance of initially defining and identifying priority core functions and services to be devolved to …

BACOLOD CITY – The military recovered a firearm in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Tayubong, Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Christmas Eve. TROOPS recover a .45 caliber pistol after a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros …

President Marcos has called on Filipinos to be the “parol” that illuminates the lives of others this Christmas by being caring, understanding, and helpful during the Yuletide Season. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Bongbong Marcos/YouTube) Marcos said this ahead of the Christmas celebration on Monday, Dec. 25. In a video …

Another centenarian was given a cash gift of P100,000 by the Taguig City government. Mayor Lani Cayetano personally visited Lola Maria Billones in Barangay Western Bicutan to greet her on her 106th birthday on Dec. 21. During the visit, Billones received a check amounting to P100,000 from the city government …

DOH logs 18 cases of COVID-19 subvariant, urges Filipinos to mask up, get vaccinated The COVID-19 Omicron subvariant JN.1 has already entered the Philippines, the Department of Health said Sunday as it urged Filipinos to observe multiple layers of protection, including masking up, ensuring good airflow and adequate ventilation, and …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. I extend my heartfelt greetings to the Filipino people on this joyful Christmas Day. Every 25th of December, we honor the birth of Christ by expressing gratitude for the boundless love that God has showered upon us through the time-honored Filipino traditions of Simbang Gabi, gift-giving, …

Christmas cheer has deserted the streets of Syria’s cities, where the main churches have limited celebrations to prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering in the war in Gaza. “In Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, people are suffering,” the Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Mor Dionysius Antoine Shahda, told AFP. …

A personnel of Philippine Coast Guard Station Abra de Ilog in Occidental Mindoro conducts a pre-departure inspection inside a passenger vessel bound for Batangas Port on Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo: PCG) Around 63,000 passengers were monitored in all sea ports around the country on Saturday, Dec. 23, as the exodus …